You seem to relying on newspaper reports when we have the original inquest sources which say nothing of this silencing of Lawende. I thought you regarded this type of thing as impermissible.

I already knew you had to say that. So thatīs why there is also a reference to the original source. Compare the sources and you will perhaps - if you are lucky - see which source has the tendency. For once!

And your interpretation about "U-turn" is wrong, of course. But I have to say it so the poor proselytes will not be totally led astray by you.

I think they wouldn't let Lawende give a description of the dress of the man he saw at the inquest because there were reporters there and they did not want this particular information being made known in the newspapers.

This can be interpreted as meaning they thought Lawende was a credible witness, and his sighting a good suspect.

A correspondent forwards copies of descriptions of certain men who were last seen in the company of the woman who was murdered in Berner-street and of the woman who was mutilated in Mitre-square. These authentic descriptions, we have reason to know, have been secretly circulated by the authorities of Scotland-yard since Oct. 26, but the complete details have never been made public. This reticence is one of the mysteries of police administration, and it is difficult to find an explanation to account for the fact that this important information has been "confidentially communicated" to police-officers throughout the kingdom, but has been withheld from the people who have had the best opportunities of seeing and of, therefore, recognising the assassin. The point which the police appear to have been at most pains to suppress is the significant one that the unknown murderer has the "appearance of a sailor."

A correspondent forwards copies of descriptions of certain men who were last seen in the company of the woman who was murdered in Berner-street and of the woman who was mutilated in Mitre-square. These authentic descriptions, we have reason to know, have been secretly circulated by the authorities of Scotland-yard since Oct. 26, but the complete details have never been made public. This reticence is one of the mysteries of police administration, and it is difficult to find an explanation to account for the fact that this important information has been "confidentially communicated" to police-officers throughout the kingdom, but has been withheld from the people who have had the best opportunities of seeing and of, therefore, recognising the assassin. The point which the police appear to have been at most pains to suppress is the significant one that the unknown murderer has the "appearance of a sailor."

Hi,

Well, this is a late source and we do not know the provenience of the so called descriptions. And why would the police want to hide information about someone looking like a sailor?